[EN] WOTD: Soundbite

Definition:

Soundbite: a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember, often included in a speech made by a politician and repeated in newspapers and on television and radio [Cambridge dictionary]


In use:

  • "Yes, we can" is a very famous political soundbite.
  • Their opponents' soundbite is not very smart.
  • "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" was said by Oppenheimer after Trinity test, becoming one of the most well known historical soundbites. It was a Bhagavad Gita verses reference.


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